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Friday, March 26, 2010

personal questions! woohoo

Sarahlynn asks, Given your demanding job and cravings for wonderful foods, how do you attain moderation? I picture Moonrat curled up reading a book or hunched over a manuscript, constantly sipping hot tea. I don't picture Moonrat running and sweating on a little rodent wheel. Just trying to clarify the picture. Is Moonrat a gym rat?

No gyms for this Ass! Blech. I tried that gym thing once a long time ago. It ended in a two-year contract I paid for but never used. Icky. I do go to yoga once a week (or have been lately), and I'm lucky enough to live by one of Manhattan's darling parks, where I go running with the Monkey two or three times a week.

However, I don't want to give you the false hope that I have "attained" any of that "moderation." The days I run are merely days I can eat MORE ice cream.

Rebecca Knight asks, If it's not too personal, how did you and the RM meet? *rachel* wanted to know this, too.

Official story, or unofficial story?

Official story: In a cafe*. I was tapping away on my laptop** and he sat down and offered to buy me tea***. We decided to go to a poetry reading together$ and then he bought me a chocolate cake$$ and we have been together ever since$$$.

For the unofficial story, please insert the following at the relevant *s.

* where I was waiting for his best friend, whom I was dating at the time** looking very upset because his friend was very late and I was feeling stood up*** because I looked like I was going to kill somebody$ as friends; he even asked his buddy's permission first$$ because clearly he had ignoble intentions the entire time$$$ he's not friends with that guy anymore.

Moonrat, you are absolutely hilarious and a marvelous writer. Why do you not have a humor book / book about Moonrat's view of life out? Or do you and we just don't know about it because you are, er, anonymous?

Love your story about how you and RM met. My hubby says that when he met me, he knew right off that he wanted to get to know me. But he didn't think he had a chance since I saw his best friend first. While I did become friends with his buddy first, that friendship just turned me toward my darling rather than away.